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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 27, 20054 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 2005, 4:02 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2005, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chambers County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 272203
FFWBMX
ALC017-081-087-123-280000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
402 PM CST SUN MAR 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE
  LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELIKA...AUBURN
  SOUTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 356 PM CST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER
  SOUTHEAST CENTRAL ALBAMA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 AND EAST OF 
INTERSTATE
65.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOCIETY
  HILL...SALEM...NOTASULGA...MILSTEAD AND CUSSETA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3232 8596 3235 8599 3243 8594 3246 8588
      3252 8588 3309 8545 3261 8508 3248 8522
      3247 8532 3242 8534 3241 8543 3230 8544
      3224 8549 3224 8560

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell27 min
Mar 26, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes38 min
Mar 26, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo28 min
Mar 26, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo26 min
Mar 26, 7:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas39 min
Mar 26, 8:18 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas27 min
Mar 26, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter50 min
Mar 26, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter47 min
Mar 27, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery36 min
Mar 27, 2:24 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXBarbour36 min
Mar 27, 2:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell35 min
Mar 27, 2:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas34 min
Mar 27, 2:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXRussell115 min
Mar 27, 2:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMontgomery2 hr
Mar 27, 3:06 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery, Pike24 min
Mar 27, 3:30 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPike18 min
Mar 27, 3:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock25 min
Mar 27, 3:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBullock2 hr
Mar 27, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour24 min
Mar 27, 4:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXRussell2 hr
Mar 27, 10:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes19 min
Mar 27, 11:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore40 min
Mar 27, 11:43 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore32 min
Mar 27, 11:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa48 min
Mar 27, 12:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa31 min
Mar 27, 12:20 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers40 min
Mar 27, 12:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas24 min
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga51 min
Mar 27, 2:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes60 min
Mar 27, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore29 min
Mar 27, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa49 min
Mar 27, 2:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes34 min
Mar 27, 2:34 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery41 min
Mar 27, 2:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes37 min
Mar 27, 2:56 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Macon34 min
Mar 27, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes23 min
Mar 27, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa33 min
Mar 27, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery46 min
Mar 27, 3:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah46 min
Mar 27, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon41 min
Mar 27, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike23 min
Mar 27, 3:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMontgomery2 hr
Mar 27, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Macon, Montgomery31 min
Mar 27, 4:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMacon2 hr
Mar 27, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa28 min
Mar 27, 4:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock36 min
Mar 27, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah30 min
Mar 27, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee23 min
Mar 27, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery32 min
Mar 27, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers45 min
Mar 27, 4:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell28 min
Mar 27, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery24 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.